Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-17

STORM AND FLOOD.

Some of the Effects of the Letting 60 OF inc
| Icy Grip of winter-Fioods at various
Points, Resulting in Serious Damase 70
| Property-A Fearful Storm of Wind ana
| Rain in Ohio-Northwestern Ne" horA
Catches the Same Blow.
CHICAGO, Feb 1.-THE local floods this
morning were In pretty much the same
| condition as Yesterday. In the southwes.
| district the river was rising slowly, ana
| the surrounding territory was heavily IN
| undated The cellars of houses IN the
| southwest that were flooded are worse OH
/ to-day than they were yesterday, the sur
face water of the heavy rain OF last nlgne
having poured In upon the overflow. Con-
siderable damage to property IS reported
on Blue Island avenue from eighteenth
street to Western avenue, and on the cross
streets adjacent to the river banks. The
I! overflow at the docks of the Mccormick
| factory at eight o'clock this morning
| measured little over three feet, but 1t
| did not prevent the running of the factory.
| The situation in the northwest section
(; was more hopeful The rain was less gen.
| eral there, and the river was falling.
Still there were large areas covered with
| water.
| DETROIT, Mich, Feb ia special from
! Lyons says: The food here showed signs
| of abatement last night, but during the
| night rain fell in torrents, and this morn
| ing the flood was on in all its fury. A
| panic has seized some of the people and 1t
| is impossible to get estimates OF losses.
| The water is four feet deep in many
| residences and store rooms and still RS
| ing. Everybody is moving or preparing TO
move, and the people are worn out work.
| ing day and night to save their property.
! Alexander McFarlane's family are sick
and cut off from assistance. Should the
Lansing ice reach here before the gorge
| gives way, all the business places on the
north side of Main street will be washed
| away. Advices from other interior points
| are to the same effect, but Lyons seems to
| be the worst sufferer.
| FORT WAYNE, Ind, Feb. 1.-The
| Maumee, ST. Joseph and ST Marys rivers
raised five feet last night and the flood
| now threatens to surpass the memorable
! one of four years ago. At river points be-
F, tween Fl. Wayne and Toledo great dis
| tress is reported. The water is now with
| in eighteen inches of the bridges here and
| the pixies leading north in many places
| are entirely submerged. The water Is
| now rising six inches an hour. The tracks
| of the Fort Wayne, Muncie & Cincinnati
| railroad and of the Lake Shore are seri-
! ously threatened. Employees of all the
| factories on low land are engaged to-day
! in surrounding the buildings with dikes
No fatalities SO far reported.
! GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb 1.-THE
| greatest apprehension was felt here at the
hour of midnight. The water is steadily
rising at the rate of ten inches an hour.
All factories have closed down. Mer-
chants are working tonight removing
goods from Easements along Canal street,
one of the principal streets of the city.
Fears are entertained that the railroad
bridge will be swept out by dawn. Some
l. Al
pieces, and the fragments are coming
down.
AKRON, O., Feb. ia fearful storm of
rain and wind clouds so black as to re-
quire lights in houses in this city
prevailed this morning. In South Akron
there was wholesale havoc, chmneys
being blown off of dozens of residences
and roofs being entirely destroyed. Zieb-
erling's mower and reaper works We're
partially destroyed.
At West Richfield the hotel owned by
Jacob Hildebrand caught fire. causing
total loss Of So, 500. Partly insured.
Cuyahoga river is greatly swollen, and
| much damage is feared to the manu-
factories along its banks. High water on
the Valley road washed away a bridge
above Boston, and this, with other wash
outs near Cleveland, entirely stops travel.
PORT DEPOSIT, Md, Feb 1.-THE ice
gorges at Turkey hill and McCalrs ferry
broke at midnight last night The mass
of ice reached here at half-past eleven
o'clock this morning. The ice in the river
yielded to the pressure at twelve O'Clock,
and passed out safely. The water then
receded from the submerged portions of
the town. Two bridges of the Columbia
q Port Deposit railroad were demolished
this morning by the rush of ice. One was
at Safe Harbor, and was $50 feet long,
the other of fifty feet, crossed the Pequa
creek. The water carried both bridges
up stream.
WELLsvILLE, N Y, Feb. IA terrific
wind storm struck this place at 1918 a.
m, demohshing several store fronts,
church spires, and a large number of
chimneys. Buildings, shade trees and out
houses throughout the country suffered
severely. Four miles below here brick
building, used as a pump station on the
National Transit Pipe Line, was blown
down, seriously injuring two men. The
Halfway House, wooden building, and a
very popular resort between this place
and Allentown, was torn to fragments
and burned up by fire. which caught from
the natural gas used in the building. Re-
ports from other towns south of here tell
of similar destruction. The appearance Of
the storm was not that Of a cyclone col
umn but more like hurricane. It's track
was at least a mile in width. The debris
of buildings was carried in one direction,
instead of being whirled to all points, as
when struck by a cyclone. The damage
to this village will reach many thou sand
dollars.
WOOSTER, O., Feb. IA heavy wind
and rain storm ragged here all day yester-
day doing considerable damage to prop
erty The deck Of the English lutheran
Tabernacle tower was blown off The
roof of VIM. Weddings brick residence
was blown off and carried 800 feet, land
ing in a neighboring lawn. The loss
amounts to several thousand dollars.
GREENsBURG, Pa, Feb. IA severe
wind storm, lasting half an hour, passed
over this place between eleven and twelve
o'clock to-day. The roof of the Lutheran
Church was blown off; the smoke stack at
the county Jail so badly damaged that it
will have to be torn down and rebuilt; the
roof of the courthouse badly damaged;
fences, trees, out-buildings and other
property scattered in all directions
Serious damage by the wind is reported
from Tyrone Pa, but particulars are
lacking. Telegraph communication
throughout Yves tern Pennsylvania and
Eastern Ohio is seriously interrupted ow-
ing to high winds and heavy rain storms.
Another Bridge Accident.
CLEVELAND, O., Feb 11.-3:05 A. M.-Tho
Cleveland and Pittsburgh express, which
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